Najib Joe Hakim works as a freelance photographer and photojournalist. He just concluded a yearlong political art fellowship at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco through which he developed "Re-Imagining Palestine" a handbook for becoming a pro-Palestinian activist.

He recently completed Palestine Diary, an exhibition of his 1978-79 images taken during his 18-month stay in Jerusalem, annotated with excerpts from the journal he kept. He has been honored with numerous awards including The Storyteller's Award by the Rebuilding Alliance for his Palestine Trilogy, 1st Place in a global art competition sponsored by the US Campaign for Palestinian Rights for his piece entitled “Send Wings, Not Arms", Luminance Exhibition (NYC) for a digital composition critiquing the “War on Terror”. Hakim was also nominated for a US Artist Fellowship. His documentary projects have been exhibited in San Francisco, Washington, D.C., London, Los Angeles, Kolkatta and Ho Chi Minh City.

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